Business & biodiversity
In partnership with private companies, international NGOs and government agencies, Earthmind associates have worked on a number of assignments which address the interface between business and biodiversity. This includes understanding biodiversity both as a business risk and as a business opportunity. Highlights include the following:
• Building biodiversity business – an IUCN/Shell report on biodiversity business highlighting the business case for biodiversity and promising biodiversity opportunities in various business sectors
Building Biodiversity Business Report
Biodiversity Business website
BioTrade
Urban sustainability
• The BioTrade Initiative - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) initiative promoting biodiversity-responsible trade in support of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• European initiative on business & biodiversity – support to the 2007 European conference under the Portuguese Presidency to develop a new initiative on business and biodiversity
Conference Proceedings: High Level Conference on Business and Biodiversity
Legacy website
• The EU Business @ Biodiversity Platform- support to the design and development of the Platform, particularly with respect to the section on the Extractive Industry and to the selection of reference documents and case studies for all the sectors
ec.europa.eu/environment/biodiversity/business/index_en.html
• Managing landscapes sustainably- support to the Global Mechanism on exploring the linkages between market access, trade and sustainable land management
Towards managing productive landscapes sustainably
Legacy website
• Markets at the IUCN Congress – development of a business and markets ‘journey’ at the 4th World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Legacy website
• TEEB for Business Report- co-author with a focus on the biodiversity business opportunities, host of the case studies website for the report, and support to drafting coordination
Increasing biodiversity business opportunities
teebforbusiness.earthmind.net
www.teebweb.org
• GDM - Innovative International Finance for Biodiversity
GDM Website
